Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I was turned onto Eric Powell's THE GOON early last year and have been keeping up with it regularly. It's a twisted and fucking hilarious series following a deformed hard case as he deals with the undead, Lovecraftian creatures and gypsy curses. Think a depression-era Hellboy with an even more twisted sense of humor.
Now it looks like it has been optioned to be made into a CG animated feature by noneother than David Fincher. That is at once both amazing and scary. Amazing because Fincher is a perfect tie for this material, even if he only ends up producing it, and scary because Fincher seems to like to collect comic books and keep them in development for years and years (see TORSO).
But I think if Fincher can bring in a smart, like-minded director and kind of Tim Burton/A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Goon... I think that's the best case scenario for us. That way we keep getting Fincher live-action films and we also get a real lovingly crafted Goon animated movie.

This could be awesome, guys. Now they just gotta keep Frankie's eyes pupil-free... Head over to Eric Powell's page to read the announcement by clicking the piece of art below!

Everyone here knows that it's 'peeling' and not 'pealing', right? Seeing it in something that supposedly had a writer AND an editor before it was actually printed and spelled wrong more than once begins to make me lose what hope I had left in our education system...

Yeah, but if Tom Cruise played James Bond, it would make people think of Mission Impossible. My point is that The Goon is so close to Hellboy (they even costarred in one comic) that it would just confuse people.

...should sound like Curly from the Three Stooges. The Goon should be someone who sounds kind of like Ron Perlman, but isn't. The Zombie Priest should be the mean old doctor from Scrubs whose name I can't remember.

... whereas Perlman IS Hellboy. If Hellboy hadn't been a hit, or was released awhile ago, it would have been different. I'd say the same about Michael Chiklis (after all, The Goon is very similar to Ben Grimm).

to say Warburton is associated with the Tick is a stretch...nobody saw that show, lol, which is too bad, it was hilarious (one of my fav DVD's). I will say that I suck at casting calls...everytime I think someone is perfect/wrong for a roll...I seem to proven wrong..haha

Eric Powell, the creator of the Goon comic, lives in Lebanon, Tennessee, which is about 35 miles away from where I live in Nashville. He was recently scheduled to appear for an autograph session at a local library. After fans gathered there and waited patiently for two hours, a library employee appeared and said Powell was a no-show. A few days later Powell allegedly apologized for standing his fans up and re-scheduled his comic book signing for another date. Guess what? Once again, he stood up the 50 fans or so who waited several long hours to meet their little hero. To say they were disappointed would be an understatement. They were livid. A large contingent of the crowd traveled more than 100 miles to be there. I’m no Goon fan. I was there as a reporter to cover his book signing for the lifestyles section of the paper. When that SOB stood me up twice, I swore never to again cover another book signing. I had more important things to do anyway rather than waste my time in some library, taking pictures of some nobody who draws funny papers.

all of this "that guy is a dick" talk. If you piss off Russell Crowe, you're gonna end up with a Telephone down your throat, but his movies are good. I don't wanna be friends with these people...I want good entertainment...that's all.

Warburton isn't nearly as associated with The Tick as Perlman is with Hellboy, which will only increase if Golden Army is a hit, which certainly looks like a possibility. Besides, if they were smart they would have a Hellboy cameo like they did in The Goon comic. Vin Diesel would actually not be bad either.

"David Fincher and CGI adaptations do NOT mix. Who else remembers the Rendezvous with Rama hype fiasco a few years ago that went NOwhere."
You're critisizing a non existent movie? One of the reasons Rama isn't getting off the ground is that it's still too expensive to do it Fincher's way. The studio isn't willing to pony up $150,000,000+ unless they jazz the story up in the worst way possible. Now if Benjamin Button makes a shedload of cash that might change. Anyway, I don't think Fincher options graphic fiction because he's immediately planning on filming it. He likely only optioned Black Hole to keep Alex Aja away from it.

TodBrowning - Chinatown's an absolute belter! It's a lot more serious than the previous books and answers some questions regarding Goon's past. If you've got the money then go get it as soon as you can. If you ain't got the money then I would never, ever recommend that you use a bit torrent service to download it and then buy it later. No sir, I would never recommend that.

I have mysteriously returned home sometimes to find that someone hijacked my computer to download comics.When i get my hands on them!!!Concerning The Goon i told myself *ahem* i mean i left a note for the mysterious downloader to tell them not to touch Eric Powells work as some titles are just worth owning and reading in the proper format.
Trust me the temptation is always there,its a monkey on my back the size of King Kong.

I get the same problem. I'd blame my kids if I had any. Why, just minutes ago issue 50 of The Walking Dead 'appeared' on my hard drive, (bloody good it was too). Now there's something I don't ever want t.v or film to touch.

Reading the first issue of The Goon I thought "Too bad Perlman played Hellboy, because he'd be a perfect Goon." But you know what? Fuck it, the man can play two different comic characters - who cares? I also agree on Buscemi as Frankie. Them's my picks, and I'm stickin' to 'em.

Am I the only one who thought the title of this suggested news on the Peter Sellers/Spike Milligan/Harry Secombe radio show? On the other hand, I don't want anyone screwing that up, so perhaps this is best.

I agree with previous comments. It is a little known fact that an apocryphal papyrus of the Book of Revelation described misspelling of kitchen activities as the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. This movie will bring destruction on us all. Pray for Fincher to leave this one in development hell, for the sake of us, our children, and our children's children, and their pets.

ive stated repeatedly in here that "the goon" would make a good comic to film project - most recently in the "jonah hex/tom jane" thread - i called it, been calling it - now its happening - i hope they dont fuck this up - the goon is one of the best comics out now - pearlman would be great as the voice of the goon, but he is already too recognized as hb - even in the animated hb movies

One said Jason Alexander as Frankie (The_Inside_Joke) and another said Stephen Colbert as Dr. Alloy (wookie1972) Get these guys on the production team!! Excellent casting!!! <br><br>For the Goon, some of you are casting visually for a CG movie. Just cause a guy might look the part, doesn't mean the voice acting will be the best. (Tim Curry as The Joker in BTAS?) Throw it to Mark Hamil, that dude is a hell of a voice actor... I love The Goon!!

He was the greatest, unsung Goon. Ironic, cos he had a wonderful, rich timbre to his sonorous tenor voice. All this excitement about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers..and did any of THEM host Songs of Praise? No. Didn't think so. <p>
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Don't remember them ever hanging out with the undead, mind. But it MUST be the same Goons. I mean, HOW MANY GOONS CAN THERE BEEEEEEEEE???!!???!!??!!

I agree, I love Ron Perlman. I was just poking fun at another thread where people went off way too long on the Perlster. Seriously though, this Goon creator is know for being a dick. He has a great comic though.

... is that an Arrested Development reference? If you're trying to suggest that Will Arnett should be involved in this project then I'm in complete agreement. Dunno who he could play though, don't think he's right for The Goon but they should definitely get him in there somewhere.
And, cheers for the kind words Redbox. Jason Alexander is the voice I hear when I'm reading it, imagine him saying 'Knife to the eye!' in full-on George mode. Although I agree that Steve Buscemi could be a good fit.

You are a great success. I am such a big fan of you since last year. Wish everything goes well for you, Eric. Can you do me one favor? just tell me is it you on wealthybeauty.com? I love that photo you without... there.

I love THE GOON. Only, I'm not sold on the whole CG thing. Why can't they do it live action. I wouldn't even mind a SIN CITY, 300, THE SPIRIT style take on it. But you can do this live action. Del Toro, Peter Jackson or even Terry Gilliam could do justice to this. Someone with sick, twisted sense of humor but with a good eye for camera and style. CGI still isn't right yet. It's fine for cartoony things like SHREK and WALL-E, but for live action stuff ... like BEOWULF ... everything still looks too rubbery and 2 dimentional. Give Goon something real to pummel. And who wants to CGI zombies. Not me. I want to see ooze and rot dripping from open soars and exposed bone. It's not as effective when it's done through a computer.

I love this book/Powell's art. About time for this...as long as it doesn't get homogenized into somethin it's not (for kids). I have a feeling that won't happen though. It's just too twisted all the way down to it's core.
My pick for the Goon's voice: Vin Diesel. Anyone mentioned him yet?